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TO Planning Commission <br />FROM;Michael P. Gaffron, Assistant Zoning Administrator <br />DATE:July 9, 1985 <br />SUBJECT: #936 Lawrence J. Gardner, 1085 Tonkawa Road - Conditional <br />Use Permit & Variance <br />Zoning District - LR-IB <br />Application - A) Regrade lakeshore yard to conform more nearly to <br />original contours (new house under construction) <br />6) Remove various trees in lakeshore yard. <br />List of Exhibits <br />Exhibit A <br />Exhibit B <br />Exhibit C <br />Exhibit D <br />Exhibit E <br />Application and Letter of Request <br />Plat Map <br />Property Owners List <br />Survey <br />Grading/Landscape Plan <br />Please read the applicant's letter of request regarding the proposed <br />grading and tree removal. Prior to application for a building permit, <br />the applicant met wi*-h staff on this site to review the existing grades <br />and tree situation. The applicant is building a new home which meets <br />all hardcover and setback requirements. As part of his landscaping, <br />he propses to place fill over the old foundation area where a cabin once <br />stood, restoring the grade to conform more nearly to the original <br />contours. It appears from the grading plan that there will be changes <br />as close as 15 ' to the shoreline. The applicant was allowed to proceed <br />with his home construction minus the landscaping work pending <br />approval. Note that applicant is maintaining a 30' buffer zone along <br />the lakeshore and has staked hay bales at the 30' line. There is no <br />sedimentation problem. The grading plan has been reviewed by the City <br />Engineer at the site, and he recommends approval as submitted. <br />Note that the new home and amenities when completed as proposed will <br />comprise zero percent hardcover in the 0-75' zone and 22.6% in the 75- <br />250' zone, within the limits prescribed in the zoning code. <br />Staff noted two or three dead trees on the lakeshore at the initial <br />inspection. Applicant was allowed to remove these without a <br />variance. He is proposing to remove other living trees at the <br />lakeshore, apparently for aesthetic purposes. I would suggest you <br />view the site and get a feeling for the number, type, and quality of <br />trees in the lakeshore yard. I have approximately plotted the <br />existing trees on the landscape plan. Does the applicant have valid <br />reasons for you to grant a variance to allow live trees to be removed on <br />the lakeshore? Is there a hardship?